Rear shocks?
02-08-2002, 04:02 PM
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Rear shocks?
i am trying to remove my rear shocks. well when ever i turn the bolt on the top the shock just spins. i put vice grips around the shock but it still spun around. any tricks to getting it off?
02-08-2002, 08:33 PM
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Did you try soaking the nuts several times with WD-40 (or similar)?
Mine came off real easy. You could try grinding a flat spot on the shock so the vice-grips would grab better.
Mine came off real easy. You could try grinding a flat spot on the shock so the vice-grips would grab better.
10-25-2007, 08:22 PM
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Re: Rear shocks?
I am having this same problem anyone know how to do this, i was reading somehwere about a spring compressor but i dont see whut that would do ?? PLZ help i need it bad and quick 
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10-26-2007, 12:06 AM
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Re: Rear shocks?
there isn't two cuts in the very tip of the shaft for like a 6mm wrench? Air tools and lub are your best friends.
10-26-2007, 05:40 AM
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Car: 89 T/A
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Re: Rear shocks?
I did the rear shocks on my 89 T/A a couple of months ago....
The top of the shock has 2 bolts so you will need 2 wrench's one on the bottom bolt and loosen the top bolt with the other one after I got the top one off I used the vise grips to hold the center rod of the shock (mine was flat on the top inch of the rod).
Mine came off easy.
The top of the shock has 2 bolts so you will need 2 wrench's one on the bottom bolt and loosen the top bolt with the other one after I got the top one off I used the vise grips to hold the center rod of the shock (mine was flat on the top inch of the rod).
Mine came off easy.
10-26-2007, 07:41 AM
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Re: Rear shocks?
If a shock gives me too much trouble like that, I grab a 1/4" drill bit and a drill, and it cuts through the nut pretty quickly. New shocks come with a new nut, so there is no need to keep the nut intact.
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and its a crappy spot to work in, i wish i had air tools !! 
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